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[Ulcerative colitis. To the 180th anniversary of the description by Karl Rokytansky]
O V Knyazev1,2,3, A V Kagramanova1, A I Parfenov1
1Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center.
Abstract:
The article describes the main historical milestones in the description and study of ulcerative colitis from the time of Hippocrates to the present day. The first description of the morphological picture of non-specific ulcerative colitis (NUC) was presented by the Viennese pathologist Karl Rokitansky in 1842. The term "ulcerative colitis" was coined by S. Wilks in 1859. A detailed description of the disease was presented in 1875 by S. Wilks and W. Maxon. In an independent nosological form, NUC was isolated in 1888 by the English doctor White. Boas in 1903. For the first time, he presented the differential diagnosis of NUC and chronic dysentery. The term "non-specific ulcerative colitis" in Russia was first introduced by A.S. Kazachenko in a report at the XIII Congress of Russian Surgeons in 1913.
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